Tape cutter



R. E. MILLER March 24, 1936.

TAPE CUTTER Filed June 14, 1935 Zi.Eam(/ Miller M wayim il ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 24, 1936 i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TAPE CUTTER Roy Earl Miller, Pottsville, Pa.

Application June 14, 1935, Serial No. 26,693

2 Claims. (01. 206-59) My invention relates to spools and more parmediate portion of said plate is punched outticularly to improvements in cutter elements for wardly to provide a finger grip portion ill by spools such as are used for winding up adhesive means of which the cutter element may be maniptape. ulated around the spool or held stationary as The object of my invention is to incorporate occasion may arise. The finger grip portion [0 with a spool an improved cutter element freely is disposed within the outer edges of the beads rotatable about the axis of the spool over the 4 so that the Spo ay e ve y packed tape Wound thereon and which is adapted to be in a carton r w pp r m y be too n d e readily incorporated with the spool, or detached without interference by the hand grip portion. therefrom, and is securely held in proper rela- The described cutter element is formed of a single tion to the spool and easily manipulated for cutp ece o light eta h as u um Or the ting operations. like. By flexing the spool flanges 3 apart the Another object is to provide a cutter element cutter element may be readily detached from the for a spool which is light in weight, sufliciently S9 0 f replacement p p as Will he n rigid for the purpose of severing the strip and is fest. inexpensive to manufacture, When it is desired to use the cutter element, a

Other objects are also comprehended by my length of the p 8 is unwound from e spool invention as will presently appear when the folby Pulling p the same With the p bearing lowing description and claims are read with refagainst the cutting ed 9 thereby rotating the :0 erence to the accompanying drawing. spool relative to the cutter or vice versa, as de- In said drawing: sired. The cutter element is then held station- Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a spool and ary relative to said P Q and the length o pe a cutter element constructed according to my insevered agains e cu ge 9 in a manner vention. which will be understood without further expla- Figure 2 is a view in transverse section. nation- Figure 3 is a view in section taken on th lin The described details of construction are sus- 3-3 of Figure 2 looking in the direction indicated eep e 0 modification Without departing from by the arrows and, the inventive concept disclosed and it is to be Figure 4 is a view in perspective of th cutt r understood that right is herein reserved to such :20 element detached. modification of details falling within the scope 0 Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 des- 0f the app Claimsignates the spool which comprises a cylindrical What I claim is! hub member 2 having suitably secured thereon Th combination w t Spool having a ylinflat end flanges 3 provided with inwardly extenddrical hub member, of circular end flanges thereing outer edge beads 4. The cutter element is of On p d With inwardly projecting Outer dge substantially U-shapc form in cross section d beads, a cutter element freely rotatable about said comprises an outer segmental plate 5 and seghuh member Comprising, an Outer Curved p ate mental side flanges 6 right angularly related to having a serrated Cutting edge and side fl ges the plate 5 and having curved inner edges 1, reright angularly related thereto and provided with m spectivcly. The segmental plate 5 and the inner curved in edges, i plate extending w n edges 1 are curved concentrically to the axis of he d fla 0f t SDOOI and bearing po the the spool. The cutter element is interposed beinner peripheries of said beads. d ved e es tween the flanges 3 and between the beads 4 and bearing upon Said hub member and said plate and h member 2 it being understood that it is f edges being curved concentrically to said hub the proper dimension to fit snugly against said memberflanges 3 with the edges of the plate 5 bearing As an tF of manufacture a cutter upon the inner periphery of the heads 4 and the {nent compnsmg' a cutved fl having edges 1 bearing upon the hub member 2. In this g g an gi 2 9 up position, as will be clear, the cutter element is Do 1 an S1 8 anges ex en mg a mg angles to said plate and having curved edges oppofreely rotatable about the hub member 2 and site said plate. respectively, the curvature of the the tape 8 wound upon the latter. One end oi plate and said edges being concentric and in the the plate 5 1S serrated to provide an irregular are of 1 cutting edge 9 for severing the tape. An inter- ROY EARL MILLER. 

